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<h1 class="topictitle1">Step 11: Performing Backup</h1>
<div><p>Before performing backup, you need to associate the resources to be protected with a specified SLA. The system protects the resources and periodically executes backup jobs based on the SLA. You can perform a backup job immediately through manual backup.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Precautions</h4><ul><li>During manual backup, the parameters (except <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Automatic Retry</strong></span></b></span>) defined in the SLA, such as <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Rate Limiting Policies</strong></span></b></span>, <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Automatic Indexing</strong></span></b></span> (available only in 1.5.0), and <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Application-Consistent Backup</strong></span></b></span>, are applied to the manual backup job.</li><li id="vmware_gud_0028_0__li653882315253">Copies generated by manual backup are retained for the duration defined in the SLA.<p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__p2039811446538"><a name="vmware_gud_0028_0__li653882315253"></a><a name="li653882315253"></a>If the protection policy selected during manual backup is not defined in the SLA, the generated backup copies will be retained permanently. If forever incremental (synthetic full) backup is not defined in the SLA but selected for manual backup, copies generated by the manual forever incremental (synthetic full) backup will be retained permanently.</p>
</li><li>If a replication or archive policy has been defined in the SLA, the system will perform replication or archiving once based on the SLA when you perform manual backup.</li></ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4><p>If the ESXi host uses a domain name for registration, ensure that the mapping between the IP address and name of the target host has been added. For details, see <a href="vmware_gud_0111.html">Backup or Restoration Fails Because the Domain Name of the ESXi Host Cannot Be Identified by the Backup Agent Host</a>.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol1738217261378"><b><span id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text738292620372"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; Virtualization &gt; VMware</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>In the left navigation pane, select a registered vCenter Server or ESXi host.</span></li><li><span>On the <strong>Clusters</strong>, <strong>Hosts</strong>, <strong>VMs</strong>, or <strong>VM Groups</strong> tab page, select the clusters, hosts, VMs, or VM groups to be protected and click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Protect</strong></span></b></span>.</span><p><ul><li>When you select a cluster on the <strong>Clusters</strong> tab page, the system protects all VMs in the cluster.</li><li>When you select a host on the <strong>Hosts</strong> tab page, the system protects all VMs on the host.</li><li>When you select a VM on the <strong>VMs</strong> tab page, the system protects the VM.</li><li>When you select a VM group on the <strong>VM Groups</strong> tab page, the system protects all VMs in the VM group.</li></ul>
<div class="note"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><ul><li><strong>VM Groups</strong> is available only in 1.6.0 and later versions.</li><li>A maximum of 1000 VMware VMs can be protected in a batch.</li></ul>
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</p></li><li><span>In the <span><strong>Selected</strong></span> area, click the number of selected disks. On the displayed <strong>Selected Disks</strong> page, deselect the disks that do not need to be backed up. Skip this step if you select <strong>VM Groups</strong>.</span><p><p>The <strong>Selected Disks</strong> page displays all disks to be protected. You can deselect the disks that do not need to be protected.</p>
<div class="note"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><ul><li>After some disks are selected for backup, the generated copies do not support live mount. After the restoration is successful, the original VMs cannot be deleted.</li><li>If system disks are excluded, the generated copies cannot be used for file-level restoration.</li></ul>
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</p></li><li><span>Select an SLA.</span><p><div class="p" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p16181740836">You can also click <span class="uicontrol" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_uicontrol169554520714"><b><span id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_text179554516717"><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> to create an SLA.<div class="note" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_note25947145710"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p125947145711"><span id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_ph1413818422327">If a WORM policy has been configured for the resources to be protected, select an SLA without a WORM policy to avoid WORM policy conflicts.</span></p>
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</p></li><li><span>Set advanced parameters by referring to <a href="#vmware_gud_0028_0__table5881822353">Table 1</a>.</span><p>
<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="vmware_gud_0028_0__table5881822353"></a><a name="table5881822353"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__table5881822353" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Advanced parameters</caption><colgroup><col style="width:29.349999999999998%"><col style="width:70.65%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" id="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1"><p>Parameter</p>
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<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Agent Host</strong></span></p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>For 1.5.0, this parameter is available only when VMs are selected for protection.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70.65%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p>You can select the agent host for executing the backup job. If you leave this parameter unspecified, the system randomly selects an agent host during job execution.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><div class="p" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__p15195123493811"><strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__b1822015259583">Auto Indexing of Backup Copies</strong><div class="note" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__note17447255201"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__vmware_gud_0028_0_p168431642184919">Only 1.6.0 and later versions support this parameter.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70.65%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__p1919563413813">If a VM or VM group is selected for protection and the disks to be backed up contain system disks, the system automatically creates an index for the backup copy after this function is enabled. When using the copy for restoration, you can select one or more files in the copy for restoration and search for files, directories, or links in the copy.<div class="note" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001607702606_note05471921141918"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__nas_s_0016_p0743109201911">Indexes occupy backup storage space. If the number of index files in the system exceeds 1 billion, perform operations by referring to "Failed to Create a Copy Index" in the <i><cite id="vmware_gud_0028_0__cite165034152574">OceanProtect DataBackup 1.5.0-1.6.0 Troubleshooting</cite></i>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Concurrent Jobs</strong></span></p>
<div class="note" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__note484318428498"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__p168431642184919">Only 1.6.0 and later versions support this parameter.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70.65%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><p>When you select a host, cluster, or VM group for protection, you can set the number of backup jobs that can be concurrently executed.</p>
<p>The value ranges from <strong>1</strong> to <strong>10</strong>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>SLA Overwrite Policy</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70.65%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p">When you select a cluster or host for protection, you can choose whether to overwrite the existing VM SLAs.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>If you select <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Do not overwrite existing VM SLAs</strong></span></b></span> when modifying the SLA associated with the cluster or host, the VM SLAs are still overwritten when they are the same as the SLA of the cluster or host before the modification.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>SLA Application Policy</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70.65%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p">When you select a cluster or host for protection, you can choose the SLA application scope as follows:<ul><li>Applying the cluster or host SLA to all VMs that are not associated with any SLA</li><li>Applying the cluster or host SLA to newly created VMs<p>After the virtualization environment is scanned, the newly discovered VMs are associated with the same SLA as the cluster or host.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><p><strong>VM Name Filtering</strong></p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>In 1.5.0, the parameter is <span><strong>VM Filter</strong></span>.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70.65%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__p163682020325">If you want to specify the VMs to be excluded or included in the protection plan when selecting a cluster or host for protection, enable this function and perform the following operations:<ol type="a" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__ol92741652870"><li id="vmware_gud_0028_0__li2066616282811">Select a filtering mode.</li><li id="vmware_gud_0028_0__li42741252878">Enter a VM name or keyword in the text box to filter VMs based on the selected filtering mode.<ul id="vmware_gud_0028_0__ul12669913111111"><li id="vmware_gud_0028_0__li180521811113">You can enter multiple names or keywords. Use commas (,) to separate them.</li><li id="vmware_gud_0028_0__li10669613121112">Exact match and fuzzy match of VM names are supported. Fuzzy match rules include prefix match (for example, abc*), suffix match (for example, *abc), and infix match (for example, *abc*).</li></ul>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><div class="p"><strong>VM Tag Filtering</strong><div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__vmware_gud_0028_0_p168431642184919_1">Only 1.6.0 and later versions support this parameter.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70.65%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p">If you want to specify the VMs with specific tags (which are set for the VMs in the VMware virtualization environment) to be excluded or included in the protection plan when selecting a cluster or host for protection, enable this function and perform the following operations:<ol type="a"><li>Select a filtering mode.</li><li>Enter a tag name or keyword in the text box to filter the VMs with the corresponding tags based on the selected filtering mode.<ul><li>You can enter multiple tag names or keywords. After typing a tag name or keyword, press <strong>Enter</strong> before entering the next one.</li><li>Exact match and fuzzy match of tag names are supported. Fuzzy match rules include prefix match (for example, abc*), suffix match (for example, *abc), and infix match (for example, *abc*).</li><li>To filter all VMs with tags, type an asterisk (<strong>*</strong>) and press <strong>Enter</strong>.</li></ul>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p>To ensure the accuracy of VM tag filtering, you are advised to exclude the asterisk (<strong>*</strong>) from the tags set for VMs in the VMware virtualization environment.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="29.349999999999998%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.1 "><div class="p"><strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_b030154420307">Secure archive</strong><div class="note" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_note2052965314120"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_en-us_topic_0000001792344090_p1816719214566">Only 1.6.0 and later versions support this function.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="70.65%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.6.2.1.2.3.1.2 "><div class="p">This parameter is displayed when the selected SLA contains archive policies. If this option is selected, only backup copies that are detected to be uninfected during ransomware detection are archived.<div class="note" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_note1550211211513"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_p10502162125111">You need to click <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_b810018188319">Configure</strong> to set the ransomware protection policy for the resource to be protected if the following conditions are met: <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_b17329127414">Archive Time</strong> is not set to <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_b938619243">Immediately after successful backup</strong> or <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_b84761821247">Archive Policy</strong> is not set to <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_b0492172712416">Only the latest copy</strong> in the SLA archive policy, and the ransomware protection policy is not set. For details, see "Creating a Ransomware Protection and WORM Policy" in the <i><cite id="vmware_gud_0028_0__fc_gud_0019_0_cite15733201398">OceanProtect DataBackup 1.5.0-1.6.0 Data Backup Feature Guide (Ransomware Protection for Copies)</cite></i>.</p>
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<div class="note"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p>If you select an agent host that executes backup when creating protection for a host or a cluster, the agent host cannot be changed separately for VMs on the host or in the cluster.</p>
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</p></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_uicontrol23691650677"><b>OK</b></span>.</span><p><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_en-us_topic_0000001656691397_p25041111535">If the current system time is later than the start time of the first backup specified in the SLA, you can select <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_b9624185216713">Execute manual backup now</strong> in the dialog box that is displayed or choose to perform automatic backup periodically based on the backup policy set in the SLA.</p>
</p></li><li><strong>Optional: </strong><span>Perform manual backup.</span><p><div class="p" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p11899115114511">If you want to execute a backup job immediately, perform manual backup through the following operations. Otherwise, skip this step.<ol type="a" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_ol1888313571212"><li id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_li6449836144510">In the row of the target resource, choose <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_b146814226353">More</strong> &gt; <span id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_text18439122416533"><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span>.<div class="note" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_note1527151103"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_en-us_topic_0000001607531736_p870125314544">You can select multiple resources to perform manual backup in batches. Select multiple protected resources and choose <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_b1657653183519">More</strong> &gt; <span id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_text122852865419"><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span> in the upper left corner of the resource list.</p>
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</li><li id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_li5644125184512">Set the name of the copy generated during manual backup.<p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p444210492470"><a name="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_li5644125184512"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001964713008_li5644125184512"></a>If this parameter is left unspecified, the system sets the copy name to <strong id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_b17709174711816">backup_</strong><em id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_i1371044717814">Timestamp</em> by default.</p>
</li><li id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_li9911344144518">Select a protection policy, which can be <span id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_text1037414518818"><strong>Full backup</strong></span> or <span id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_text937414517813"><strong>Forever Incremental (Synthetic Full) Backup</strong></span>.<div class="note" id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_note1552298154910"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_p13522118194919"><span id="vmware_gud_0028_0__en-us_topic_0000001964713008_ph19374310343">For 1.6.0 and later versions, if the selected protection policy is different from that configured in the associated SLA, the WORM configuration does not take effect.</span></p>
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